Selective pressure by antibiotics as feed additives

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Witte, W ^a   Klare, I ^a   Werner, G ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; STREPTOGRAMIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; RISK;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0032858396     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02561669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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